Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-10-19

ofi, he will be no hes missed in Arizona, where he was both honersd and re- spected.-Citisen.
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 The sampling works are receiving all the ore that can be conveniently han dled.
 Mr. Girdler and party left to-day, to examine mining property in this vi- cinity
 Douglass Gray will ship ten tons of ore shortly from. ! mine owned by him on Big Bug.
 Quartz and pla.,er gold, to the amount of q, ,000 wac received by the bank and merchants yesterday.
 Jack McGowan is in town dispatch ing teams and Inen to his Congress mine, Martinss district
 Jack McGowsn took five more men out yesterday to work on the Congress mine, Martinez district.
 Robert Doughetty returned yesterday from . visit to number of Big Bug mines, which he says are looking well.
 wm. Burchett and the Chilsons have sold the Wonder mine, near Payson, for $36. 900. A mill will be put at work crushing the ore.
 Mr. Place has purchased . Buifalo blower for his Bradshaw basin mill. The blower is intended to clear out the noxious gases and unwholesome air. Jack Lawler brought in lot of ore for the sampler yesterday, from the Hillside mine of Lawier & Riggs. in the Camp Wood country. which went $l56 to the ton.
 J. W. McGoSsn called at the JouR- xAL-MIxER ofsio. to-day and secured mining location notices He reports taking out lots cf good ore at his mine (Congress), Martinez district Freighters delivered the last of the machinery II tue Clarence Ruby mine last Friday. Work Is being pushed as rapidly AS possible in getting 1t m place, and MT. f.ilis expects to be able to stat up within the next fifty days. Fisher & Dunkle are down now near | ly 100 feet on the Scotch Lsssie mine They have four men employed in sink | ing, and as soon &. they reach depth of 100 feet they propose to com mence drifting and stoping out ore foI shipment
 On September Both, there vas un- coinei gold bullion in the Treasury De parsmen. to th. value of $l0S, ,377 ,779 .S I-that is. in the most convenient shap' for exportatiop and commercial pur
 poses. At the anne time there vas un coined silver to the following extent
 Silver bullion. s4,sl0,s7s; Trade dolla
 bullion, $6,79ti6s3; Trade dollars $29s ,353, To,sl silver bullion, $l3, cos, ,9os.
 John s. Jones is going about his vori
 very quietly, but he is putting up quite
 large and coraplete plant for working
 orc st Groom creek His building vii
 accommodate |, twenty stamp plant, d
 though ct present. he will only erect tel
 stamps. with pAns, settlers and the yer,
 latest improved concentrations The la'
 ter will have capacity of twenty-fiv
 tons per day The building will b
 completed on the arrival the ma
 chinery, and hs expects to have his mil
 in full operation by December list Il
 front of the iuilding there will be
 trestlework g feet in height and 45 feet in length, so that the ore can b handled mechanically from the time leaves the wa,;on, thus reducing to
 minimum the expense of handling an
 working ore. From F to l6 men are [ present employed in the mines, and h' expects to have 1000 tons of ore read, to start up on as soon as the mill is l operation. All the machinery is of th most approved style.
 | Chas. A. (iirdler, the vell-know mining man. returned yesterday from
 visit to the Turkey creek mining dis trict. He says he was royalty enter . tained by Captain Brsnn snd his par } ner, MT. Mitchell, with quail On toss } chicken dinners, etc. He also says ths , the claim being developed by them one of the firest looking gold prospect he has seen in this section. The vein : a good strong one, and the ore assay from $s0 to sSo per ton. He asser' . l that the work done ou ,he claim is th finest and nl,st systematic of any hes eeen in the territory. The walls ( the tunnel an, as smooth as if plane
 while the arelied top of it is e neat curved as thongh done by an enginee They have about leo tons of ore neat piled up on the dump, and will short ! commence smother opening to stril |. the vein at depth of 250 feet. the pre-
 ent tunnel being at a depth of Ito fec On his return trip, MT. Girdlsr stoppe ar John S. Jones' camper Groom gree } where he s&id he found everything bt , tie and activity.
 Fl Geo. H. Curry received letter to-ds . from Marysv;lle, California, asking f information in regard to William Ne